Error: Unity: Could Not Find a Part of The Path Error
The ‘Unity: Could not find a part of the path’ error typically happens when Unity tries to access a file or directory that doesn’t exist. This could be due to several reasons:
- Wrong Path: You might have specified a path that doesn’t exist or is misspelled. This could be a path for an asset, script, or any other file.
- File or Directory Doesn’t Exist: The file or directory you’re trying to access has been moved, deleted, or hasn’t been created yet.
- Relative vs Absolute Paths: You’re using relative paths, and the current working directory isn’t what you expect. In some cases, absolute paths might work better.»
Solution — Here’s How To Resolve It
To resolve this error, you need to ensure the path Unity is trying to access does indeed exist and can be accessed. Follow these steps:
- Check the Path: Verify the path in your code. Look for typos, incorrect case, or incomplete paths. Ensure each directory in the path exists.
- Verify File or Directory Existence: Check whether the file or directory you’re trying to access is present at the specified location. If it has been moved or deleted, restore it or adjust your path accordingly.
- Create Missing Files/Directories: If the file or directory is supposed to be created during runtime but isn’t, debug the part of your code responsible for creating it.
- Switch Between Relative and Absolute Paths: If you’re using relative paths, try switching to absolute paths, or vice versa.
- Check File Permissions: Make sure Unity has the necessary permissions to access the path. This is especially relevant on certain operating systems like Linux or MacOS, which have stringent file/directory permission rules.
- Reimport Assets: If the error is due to a missing asset, try re-importing the assets in Unity by right-clicking in the Assets folder and selecting ‘Reimport All’.
Visual Studio 2019: Failure: Could not find a part of the path
When I use vs2019 16.8.4 to build an application,vs2019 will prompt:
Could not write to «obj\Debug».Could not find a part of the path»d:\code\abc\obj\Debug»
But when I press F5 or Ctrl+F5,vs2019 will build success and run application.
I try to change directory or change disk, and the result remains the same.
I try to create a new solution,and the result remains the same.
Everytime when I first press F5 of Ctrl + F5, vs2019 will prompt this error,and when I second press it, everything will be well.
How can I solve it?
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Jay 0 Reputation points
2023-09-19T18:26:21.76+00:00
This is an oldish question but I just ran into the same thing. Doing a CLEAN and then a BUILD fixed the issue for me.
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Hi @翔 高, Welcome to Microsoft Q&A! What is your project type? Are you building your application in Debug or Release configuration? Please check if you can find the entry in your .csproj file. If so, please backup and delete it. Then, refer to the link: Change the build output directory to reset the Output path. Sincerely, Anna If the answer is the right solution, please click «Accept Answer» and kindly upvote it. If you have extra questions about this answer, please click «Comment».
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«Could not find a part of the path» error message
I am programming in c# and want to copy a folder with subfolders from a flash disk to startup. Here is my code:
private void copyBat() < try < string source_dir = "E:\\Debug\\VipBat"; string destination_dir = "C:\\Users\\pc\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup"; if (!System.IO.Directory.Exists(destination_dir)) < System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(destination_dir); >// Create subdirectory structure in destination foreach (string dir in Directory.GetDirectories(source_dir, "*", System.IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories)) < Directory.CreateDirectory(destination_dir + dir.Substring(source_dir.Length)); >foreach (string file_name in Directory.GetFiles(source_dir, "*.*", System.IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories)) < File.Copy(file_name, destination_dir + file_name.Substring(source_dir.Length), true); >> catch (Exception e) < MessageBox.Show(e.Message, "HATA", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning); >> I got an error:
Could not find a part of the path E:\Debug\VipBat
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asked Feb 15, 2014 at 11:10
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You are using verbatim string literals @»» in which case you don’t need to escape out `\` — just use a single slash.
Feb 15, 2014 at 11:13
@StuartLC is right. If you use verbatim string literal, your string will be exactly as what you write. In this case, it will be exactly E:\\Debug\\VipBat\\ which is not a valid path.
Feb 15, 2014 at 11:14
Shouldn’t you fill <0>present in E:\\Debug\\VipBat\\ <0>? Another thing you don’t need two slashes in the path when you prefix the string with @ .
Feb 15, 2014 at 11:20
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Feb 15, 2014 at 11:27
I didn’t use @ and I am sure the path is right, but I got the same error. the code is updated.
Feb 15, 2014 at 13:34
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The path you are trying to access is not present.
string source_dir = "E:\\Debug\\VipBat\\"; I’m sure that this is not the correct path. Debug folder directly in E: drive looks wrong to me. I guess there must be the project name folder directory present.
Second thing; what is in your string. I am sure that it is an argument placeholder because folder name cannot contains such name. So you need to use String.Format() to replace the actual value.
string source_dir = String.Format("E:\\Debug\\VipBat\\",variableName); But first check the path existence that you are trying to access.
answered Feb 15, 2014 at 11:14
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use Path.combine()
Jul 5, 2019 at 6:10
The error is not self-explanatory. A non-existent path is not ‘a part of the path’
Aug 30, 2019 at 11:11
@tno2007 It could not find the part that does not exist!
Oct 3, 2019 at 13:16
There’s something wrong. You have written:
string source_dir = @"E:\\Debug\\VipBat\\"; and the error was
Could not find a part of the path E\Debug\VCCSBat
This is not the same directory.
In your code there’s a problem, you have to use:
string source_dir = @"E:\Debug\VipBat"; // remove and the \\ if using @ string source_dir = "E:\\Debug\\VipBat"; // remove and the @ if using \\ 8,384 4 4 gold badges 23 23 silver badges 43 43 bronze badges
answered Feb 15, 2014 at 11:21
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Is the drive E a mapped drive? Then, it can be created by another account other than the user account. This may be the cause of the error.
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answered Sep 24, 2015 at 14:57
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Does this have anything to do with privileges? It’s funny that I opened visual studio as an administrator and the code stopped working complaining «Could not find a part of the path». This doesn’t make any sense.
Feb 26, 2018 at 20:24
If the user who’s accessing this path is an Active Directory user , then this error might be generated.
Jul 23, 2020 at 5:02
We just had this error message occur because the full path was greater than 260 characters — the Windows limit for a path and file name. The error message is misleading in this case, but shortening the path solved it for us, if that’s an option.
answered Jun 15, 2022 at 18:02
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I had the same error, although in my case the problem was with the formatting of the DESTINATION path. The comments above are correct with respect to debugging the path string formatting, but there seems to be a bug in the File.Copy exception reporting where it still throws back the SOURCE path instead of the DESTINATION path. So don’t forget to look here as well.
answered Dec 10, 2015 at 5:03
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Probably unrelated, but consider using Path.Combine instead of destination_dir + dir.Substring(. ) . From the look of it, your .Substring() will leave a backlash at the beginning, but the helper classes like Path are there for a reason.
answered Nov 20, 2015 at 17:53
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There can be one of the two cause for this error:
- Path is not correct — but it is less likely as CreateDirectory should create any path unless path itself is not valid, read invalid characters
- Account through which your application is running don’t have rights to create directory at path location, like if you are trying to create directory on shared drive with not enough privileges etc
answered Feb 8, 2017 at 13:35
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In my case, the Security settings on a network folder I did not own did not give sufficient permissions to the service user could so it could access the file. Would have been really nice if the error message included why the access failed instead of making us guess. The exception doesn’t even have an inner exception to assist debugging.
Feb 26, 2018 at 15:20
File.Copy(file_name, destination_dir + file_name.Substring(source_dir.Length), true); This line has the error because what the code expected is the directory name + file name , not the file name.
This is the correct one
File.Copy(source_dir + file_name, destination_dir + file_name.Substring(source_dir.Length), true); 4,884 7 7 gold badges 27 27 silver badges 44 44 bronze badges
answered Sep 14, 2015 at 0:29
Ryan Chong Ryan Chong
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I resolved a similar issue by simply restarting Visual Studio with admin rights.
The problem was because it couldn’t open one project related to Sharepoint without elevated access.
answered Oct 3, 2016 at 7:03
user6269864 user6269864
This could also be the issue: Space in the folder name
Example: Let this be your path: string source_dir = @»E:\Debug\VipBat»;
If you try accessing this location without trying to check if directory exists, and just in case the directory had a space at the end, like : «VipBat «, instead of just «VipBat» the space at the end will not be visible when you see in the file explorer.
So make sure you got the correct folder name and dont add spaces to folder names. And a best practice is to check if folder exists before you keep the file there.
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